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Exploratory study of incident vehicle crashes among olderdrivers

The Journals of Gerontology Series APublished 1 January 2000Open access
Richard V. Sims, Gerald McGwin, Richard M. Allman, Karlene Ball, Cynthia Owsley
Citations187
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TL;DR

Variables related to function, medication use, affect, neurological disease, and visuocognitive skills were associated with vehicle crash involvement in this cohort of Alabama drivers and suggest that multifactorial assessments are warranted to identify at-risk older drivers.

Abstract

Variables related to function, medication use, affect, neurological disease, and visuocognitive skills were associated with vehicle crash involvement in this cohort. Our findings suggest that multifactorial assessments are warranted to identify at-risk older drivers.

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